TY - CHAP
T1 - The cure of amnesia and Ars Memoria in Rabbinic texts
AU - Kiperwasser, Reuven
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper aims to discuss an aspect of classical rabbinic culture that deserves more scholarly attention: memory. Though there has been a good deal of debate about orality in rabbinic literature,2 the systematic study of orality in relation to memorization has begun only recently.3 In his book, Michael Swartz proposes “a brief outline of the issue, sketching in fairly broad strokes the methodological and historical significance of memory for the study of Rabbinic Judaism and indicating some ancient Jewish strategies for harnessing it for the sake of Torah,”4 a task that he then expertly achieved.5 In this paper, I want to add a few new observations regarding the value of memory and forgetfulness, and propose an explanation for the mechanisms of these processes as understood in rabbinic thought.
AB - This paper aims to discuss an aspect of classical rabbinic culture that deserves more scholarly attention: memory. Though there has been a good deal of debate about orality in rabbinic literature,2 the systematic study of orality in relation to memorization has begun only recently.3 In his book, Michael Swartz proposes “a brief outline of the issue, sketching in fairly broad strokes the methodological and historical significance of memory for the study of Rabbinic Judaism and indicating some ancient Jewish strategies for harnessing it for the sake of Torah,”4 a task that he then expertly achieved.5 In this paper, I want to add a few new observations regarding the value of memory and forgetfulness, and propose an explanation for the mechanisms of these processes as understood in rabbinic thought.
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SN - 9783447108263
T3 - Episteme
SP - 119
EP - 141
BT - Defining Jewish Medicine
A2 - Lehmhaus, Lennart
PB - Harrassowitz Verlag
ER -